Questions tagged [eshell]
Eshell is a shell-like command interpreter implemented in Emacs Lisp.
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eshell last exit code in prompt
My Emacs version is:
GNU Emacs 27.2 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.24, cairo version 1.16.0)
I have modified my eshell prompt as follows:
(defun set-eshell-prompt-function ()
(setq ...
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Emacs icons not appearing as expected
I am having some issue implementing a custom eshell prompt found here but I am having issue with icons. For some reason, I have not been able to get any of the icons using the unicode provided, most ...
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How do I remove Welcome message and function message when sourcing
I am learning Emacs and I would like to know how to get rid of the Emacs Welcome to the Emacs shell and eshell/clear messages when I open a new eshell.
I used this question to start an eshell at ...
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translating bash functions to eshell
Try to move to eshell and I am wondering what the best solution to translating the bash functions like below to eshell?
function cm-gen {
cmake -B build -S . -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=ON $@
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How to use nvm with spacemacs?
How can I use nvm with spacemacs?
I want to be able to access nvm from any shell in spacemacs. I have installed nvm and it works with no problem from the terminal. When I open some shells in ...
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How to prevent eshell from hijacking `*` after <TAB>
I start Emacs 27.1 with emacs -Q, invoke eshell, and then type ls foo<TAB>. I have many things starting with foobar in my directory, so it completes to foobar. So far, so good.
In bash, I can ...
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The Emacs eshell alias of CMake doesn't recognize path correctly?
I'm using the Emacs eshell's alias feature to make an alias to the cmake command like below:
$ alias cmake 'cmake -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=1'
The alias is created correctly, here is the output ...
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Trouble with Adjusting eShell Prompt and Tabbing
I've setup a custom prompt for eShell but, on doing tab completion (and pressing enter), the shell gets stuck at being read-only.
I've noticed that, if I tab-complete something and then move the ...
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Emacs can't find Node when Node was installed using NVM (again)
My question is similar to this question. I've installed node via nvm. (executable-find "node") returns .nvm/versions/node/v15.11.0/bin/node.
Entering node on eshell drops me into a node ...
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How to set env values for eshell in emacs on macOS?
If use iTerm on macOS, we can set env values in its terminal. It also set path such as /usr/local/bin/ in ~/.bashrc.
But in emacs' terminal as eshell, run kubectl shown kubectl: No such file or ...
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why do i get random “^[” when using eshell?
Using Eshell and the SSH command, I've logged on to a remote server. After installing a few server packages I noticed this strange thing:
Why is this happening? What can I do to prevent it?
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Opening file after org-export in external program fails, but works with different invocation methods
I'm using emacs in Win10 WSL 2 Linux and call a custom script open in my $PATH to open files from WSL-Linux/emacs in Windows GUI. My .mailcap makes sure that the script is actually being used and the ...
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`sudo !!` in eshell?
I was wondering how you could get the equivalent of sudo !! in eshell. I cant tell you the amount of times I have done this forgetting eshell doesn't have this feature built in.
I have looked through ...
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Why do these two different use-package declarations (for the same package) have different effects?
What I want to accomplish is to add a keybinding C-<backspace> to the eshell-mod-map that calls func. That can be done like this,
(use-package eshell
:init
(defun add-func-keybinding ()
(...
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Create orgmode agenda from remote directory recursively over ssh
I've set up a vserver with my directory containing various .txt files used as Org files and other files.
Now I am trying to get my local Emacs build an agenda gathering all data from the remote files ...
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Can `eshell-command` direct its output like `shell-command` into minibuffer?
=> When I do M-x shell-command and python run.py (which only print Hello World\nHello World string), I get the result on the minibuffer and when cursor moves up/down minibuffer is closed.
=> ...
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How to get tilde and plus working with the eshell's directory stack
In zsh, when one creates a directory stack with pushd, one is able to reference directories in the stack using a tilde followed by the numerical index of the respective directory in the stack. One ...
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/bin/top not found in eshell over ssh
How does eshell resolve its PATH?
If I run my top in eshell on my local machine, it opens a new buffer and shows the output of the command in it. However, if I do the same on an eshell run on a remote ...
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How to call Elisp functions from my own implementation of a shell?
I'm writing my own shell which can handle most of the GNU/Linux system calls now. So I was wondering if I could make this shell call Elisp functions too. Is it possible to do so? Is so, how do I get ...
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Disable evil-mode in eshell
I have disabled evil-mode in eshell by (evil-set-initial-state 'eshell-mode 'emacs) but when I switch windows(accidentally) using C-w k from eshell, evil-mode gets enabled.
How do I prevent this ...
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Is there a better way of writing this with use-package?
I feel like there is a better way of writing this with use-package but I just can't get the usual way to work.
(use-package eshell
:hook
(eshell-mode
. (lambda ()
(define-key
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echo $(echo $HOM) in eshell of win10 platform get void function reported
I am working on emacs-27.1 of windows 10.
PS C:\Users\gaowei> emacs.exe --version
GNU Emacs 27.1
Within the eshell, I tried:
~/.doom.d [master] λ which echo
eshell/echo is a compiled Lisp function ...
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eshell and color output
I am facing a strange behavior regarding the implementation of color for shell outputs when using eshell. This is the content of my .emacs:
(require 'xterm-color)
(require 'eshell)
(add-hook 'eshell-...
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is there a way to make compile shell process happen in eshell / “real” shell?
i wanted to bind a key to a compile and run command, then i found this post, Compile and run single file c++ programs in Emacs[SOLVED]
( last answer)
It works perfectly fine and as intended.
The only ...
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How to use arrow keys to select a menu item from an emacs shell buffer
It is getting more and more common for clis to have little embedded menus (for example the Ionic cli does this, but so do many others) which you navigate with the arrow keys.
Please select the ...
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How to keep grep results in eshell buffer
When entering the grep command in an eshell in spacemacs, a separate window and buffer are created to list the grep output results. However, I would prefer for the output to be listed in the eshell ...
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Cannot run executable in eshell
I have an executable (guix) in directory under home. I am using eshell. I add that directory to PATH. But when I run the command, the executable is not found. I have tried various methods such as ...
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Send command to run in eshell, after compiled
So I've been mapping my M-x compile like this, according to c-mode-hook or c++-mode-hook:
(add-hook 'c++-mode-hook
(lambda ()
(set (make-local-variable 'compile-command)
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Piping contents of buffer into eshell command
I know eshell supports output redirection to buffers
cmd > #<buffername>
Is there a way to do piping buffer contents into command? I would like to have something like
cat #<buffername&...
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How to show colours and clear when running React development server in eshell?
Here is how the usual Ubuntu terminal looks when you run the React development serving using npm start and make changes to your source:
Say the server was already running and you tried to do npm ...
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Eshell - enable type text in any place
Emacs 26.1, Windows 10 (64 bit)
M-x eshell
Here result:
But it's read only. But I need to type text in any place in any place in eshell.
Also I want to move cursor in any place in eshell buffer.
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Error in custom eshell function (exit and close window)
I got the below function from an article on howardism.org. Its purpose is to exit eshell and close the corresponding window.
;; GNU Emacs 26.3 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.10) of ...
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eshell grep thinks options are patterns on windows
I'm using Emacs on windows, and was trying to run grep from within eshell (M-x eshell). The default shell through M-x is cmd.exe, but eshell has linux utilities so I'm trying to use eshell.
Now, ...
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Am I missing something on eshell piping to an elisp function?
I use emacs on a lot of different types of machines during the day, so I'm toying with writing some elisp scripts to avoid managing 4 scripting environments.
Specifically, I'm writing an elisp ...
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How to launch term at startup in Emacs?
I need to have Emacs open a terminal at start-up automatically (in order to use Fish in the terminal and use Emacs to for example search the Fish output).
Normally I do this with 'M-x term'.
Is ...
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How do I make file paths clickable/navigable in Shell as described in the documentation?
For the life of me, I cannot get this functionality to work:
https://wikemacs.org/wiki/Shell#Make_file_paths_clickable
I've run (add-hook 'shell-mode-hook 'compilation-shell-minor-mode) in my .emacs ...
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Use Eshell with Tramp, from a Windows computer to a Linux server
I use a Windows computer to control servers through Tramp (with plink).
Here's my setup:
(setq explicit-shell-file-name "/bin/bash")
(setq default-directory "/plink:user@server:~")
Now when I run M-...
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Missing color support (for exa) in eshell
I just started using eshell. But the color support for some commands seems to be missing. For example I like to use the command exa, because of its nice colors. But in eshell it is all black.
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Terminal (shell) side by side with editor, how to navigate back and forth?
I am new to Emacs. I can invoke a shell or eshell using M-x shell or M-x eshell. This created a shell and I can run executables from it. By default, this shell is in the same window as my source ...
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how to do command substitution in eshell generally (NOT just for loop)
How to do command substitution à la Bash in Eshell, and not just for loops? (Unfortunately, while this question asks my question, its answer only provides Eshell for-loop syntax. So please don't dupe ...
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How to store an eshell alias in `init.el`?
I like to keep my configuration as self-contained as possible, and I'm wondering whether there's a way to manage eshell aliases in my .emacs file. Is it possible to set up aliases with a function call ...
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pdb within eshell up/down keys dont work
I am running python3 in eshell.
When I use import pdb; pdb.set_trace() in my code, pdb opens within eshell.
Everything works in pdb but the up/down keys don't work for running the previous command. ...
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Why eshell lists my host environment variables when I am connected to other machine via ssh?
I am connected to another machine using tramp and my eshell does send all the commands to remote machine but when I do echo $PATH it prints me my local PATH. Why?
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How to execute external commands from an Eshell script
I would like to create an elisp function such as
(defun script()
(run "bash" "-c" "echo 1; sleep 3; echo 2")
(eshell-print "Done"))
From an Eshell, its execution should look like:
eshell $ ...
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comint: show the original input when match-cycling through history
Currently, I have bindings for comint-previous-matching-input-from-input and comint-next-matching-input-from-input.
My problem is this. Suppose I am on a prompt with some text (say, "x = ") and issue ...
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How to redirect output from eshell to any open buffer in Emacs?
I have my eshell opened in a window and in another window I have *Scratch* as a open buffer. I want to redirect the output of a command like say ls to *Scratch*. Is it possible? If yes, then how can I ...
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grep -l: Shouldn't I be able to load the files?
Example in eshell:
$ cd ~/src/Sporth
$ grep -rl Name *
I get as output:
-*- mode: grep; default-directory: "~/src/Sporth/" -*-
Grep started at Fri Feb 1 17:07:41
grep -n -rl Name LICENSE Makefile ...
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eShell Aliases – How to `grep` Forward Slashes
In Bash, I have an alias of ls -Ap | grep --color=always /$ that grabs the directories of the current directory, more or less.
That said, using the same as an alias in Emacs's eShell seems to not ...
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Cannot run entr from eshell
I'm running Spacemacs and have eshell enabled. I want to run the elixir tests every time I change any files in the directory.
This is the command I'm running
ls * | entr elixir bob_test.exs
This ...
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How to interpolate current path in eshell
In eshell when I do
$ echo "$(pwd)credentials.json"
Directory /Users/gmauer/../credentials.json
I get that Directory prefix. I'm assuming that it is because eshell reimplements pwd to return some ...
